Hugo's the victor in box office race

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Australians may hate their own movies at the moment but they
love their own actors, as long as they're in movies made
overseas.

An analysis of the most successful films ever shown here
suggests that the actor most likely to tempt Australians to the
cinema is Hugo Weaving. His box office total of $270 million - from
the Lord of the Rings series, the Matrix series,
Priscilla and Babe - far exceeds the $175 million
earned by the top American, Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Saving
Private Ryan and eight others).

An analysis of the 270 films that have grossed more than $10
million at the Australian box office appears in the News Review
section of today's Herald.

Based on box office totals, the 20 most bankable actors for
Australian audiences include three American women (Julia Roberts,
Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore), three Englishmen (Orlando Bloom,
Ian McKellen and Hugh Grant), and three Australians or former
Australians (Weaving, Gibson and Rush).

The most successful American men are Tom Hanks, Robin Williams,
Eddie Murphy and the less familiar Bill Paxton (who had significant
roles in such hits as Titanic, Twister, True Lies and
Vertical Limit).